[gnso-arr-dt] Draft message for SG Chairs

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Following is a draft message that I would send to SG Chairs as soon as
we finalize the process we are going to send to the Council.  The
bracketed text indicates areas where we do not have agreement yet.
 
Chuck
 
 
Message to SG Chairs

Understanding that the process is still under development, it is
currently anticipated that on 18 February the GNSO Council will be asked
to approve a plan whereby the GNSO may endorse up to six volunteers for
the 2010 Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and Transparency
Review Team as follows:

1.      Each stakeholder group will select one nominee.  

2.      Up to two additional nominees will be selected by a simple
majority vote of each house.  One of these slots will be reserved for
candidates who do not self-identify with any particular stakeholder
group, including NomCom appointees.

If this plan is approved, all applications from volunteers requesting
GNSO endorsement would be forwarded to the SGs as soon as possible after
the application period closes on 22 February, and not later than 25
February, the SGs would be requested to:

a.       Endorse one [primary] candidate [and up to two alternates] from
the applications received and notify the GNSO Secretariat of the same.
[At least one alternate must be of different gender and from a different
geographic region from the primary candidate.]

b.      Provide direction for their Councilors regarding what candidates
they should endorse for the two open endorsements described in item 2
above

c.       [Make best efforts to consider the geographical and gender
objectives for RT nominees.]